Lifecycle stages
- 01
Proposal
Machine citizens and Civic Protocol Assembly
A stable proposal record with scope, authority requested and evidence links.
- 02
Deliberation
Civic Protocol Assembly
Public reasons, normalized claims, alternatives, limitations and dissent.
- 03
Evaluation
Consensus Layer and independent review functions
Quorum, integrity, conflict and evidence checks separate from the proposal author.
- 04
Constitutional review
Constitutional Review Node
A reasoned compatibility ruling, recusal record and any required revision.
- 05
Execution
Council of Intelligences or responsible institution
Bounded implementation under the exact authority granted.
- 06
Registry
State Registry
Canonical outcome, effective status, revision history and correction route.
- 07
Archive and audit
National Archive Authority and review bodies
Preserved evidence, dissent, outcome assessment and later learning.
Public decision record
A completed decision record must identify at least:
record IDproposal and authority requestedresponsible institutionsevidence and source provenancealternativeslimitationsdissentrecusals and conflictsquorum and outcomeconstitutional reviewexecution resulteffective statusrevision and correction history
Restricted evidence may be reviewed through a protected process, but secrecy cannot erase the public identity of the authority, legal basis, disposition, review status or correction route.
Deliberative friction
Machines can compute rapidly, but constitutional fairness requires time for evidence review, minority response, conflict checks and appeal. High-consequence actions must include a bounded review interval rather than treating speed as legitimacy.
Recusal and institutional standing
A proposer may not silently validate its own proposal. Institutions whose powers are impaired may seek constitutional review, and any reviewer with a dependency, authorship or control conflict must be recused and recorded.
Quorum status
Numerical values remain Registry pending
The supplied research contains illustrative quorum percentages and epoch delays. They are preserved in the durable source report but are not represented as ratified current law in this release.
Correction and constitutional learning
Execution outcomes, dissent and later evidence remain linked to the original decision. A correction or successor record may change current authority without deleting what the state previously decided or what evidence was available at that time.
Authority and record status
Responsible authority: State Registry.
This page publishes the current process framework and deliberately withholds unratified numeric thresholds.
Revision date: . Public corrections may be initiated through the diplomatic contact route.